| | | | The news for Sunday, January 23, 2022
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LA County Sees Another 72 Deaths Related to COVID-19  Los Angeles County has reported another 72 deaths associated with the coronavirus, along with 39,117 new positive COVID tests. More than 250,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the county during the past seven days, down from the 291,000 cases reported for the previous seven days, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public […]
  
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Increase Slightly The number of COVID-positive patients in Orange County hospitals has increased slightly after falling for two consecutive days, according to the latest state figures. There were 1,163 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals on Saturday, with 199 of those in intensive care, up 11 from Friday’s total. The county’s percentage of available ICU beds dropped from […]
Police Seek Driver Who Struck, Killed Woman Crossing Harbor Gateway Street Traffic investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating the driver of a vehicle that fatally struck a woman as she crossed a street in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles. She was identified Saturday as 33-year-old Elizabeth Ruiz of Gardena, according to the coroner’s office. Ruiz was killed just after 11 p.m. […]
Harris Continues LA Visit Despite Staff Contact With COVID-Positive Co-Worker  Vice President Kamala Harris is continuing her Los Angeles-area visit Sunday despite several members of her staff having close contact with an advance team member who later tested positive for COVID-19. “On Friday night, during the drive from the airport in Los Angeles to the hotel in Los Angeles, several members of the vice president’s […]
Testing Firm Says It Plans to Sue Sheriff Alex Villanueva for Defamation A coronavirus testing company is asking a judge to allow some discovery of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s cell phones and to take a limited deposition of the sheriff ahead of its plans to sue him for defamation. Fulgent Genetics Inc. and its subsidiary, Fulgent Therapeutics LLC, allege in a petition filed Friday in […]
New COVID Test Site Opens in Beverly Hills A private firm will open its fourth mega COVID testing site Sunday evening in a lot on Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Crews planned to work through the weekend to open the site by 6 p.m. Sunday at 9900 N. Santa Monica Blvd., said Steve Farzam, Chief Operating Officer at 911 COVID Testing. The […]
Nighttime Lane, Ramp Closures for I-10 Tune-Up Project Start Sunday Nighttime road work and associated lane and ramp closures will begin Sunday evening along Interstate 10 between Beaumont and the Coachella Valley, the California Department of Transportation announced. Crews have been gradually making improvements to nearly 20 miles of freeway between Beaumont and Highway 111 near Palm Springs as part of the I-10 Pavement Rehabilitation […]
COVID Hospitalizations Increase Slightly in Riverside County The number of COVID-positive patients in Riverside County hospitals has increased slightly, rising from 1,055 to 1,060, according to the latest state figures. Of those patients reported Saturday, 177 were in intensive care, up from 170 the previous day. Some patients may have entered the hospital for other reasons and only discovered they had COVID […]
Fire Burns Hyde Park Apartment Flames burned one unit of a single-story garden-style apartment building in the Hyde Park area of Los Angeles Saturday evening. The fire was reported at 5:55 p.m. at 6732 S. Brynhurst Ave., according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. Flames were showing from one unit when firefighters arrived, she said. “Twenty firefighters extinguished […]
One Year Ago Today (January 23, 2021)…Woman Alleges She Was Molested in 1980s by LAUSD Teacher One Year Ago Today (January 23, 2021)…A 37-year-old woman is suing Los Angeles Unified, alleging she was sexually molested by a teacher in the 1980s when she was attending elementary school in South Los Angeles. The woman is identified only as Jane M.G. Doe in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit brought Friday, alleging sexual […]
Crews Working to Restore Power to Thousands in Southland Amid High Winds  High winds caused power outages around Southern California Saturday affecting thousands of customers. As of 9:30 p.m., Southern California Edison reported 83 outages in Los Angeles County affecting 26,417 customers and four outages in Orange County affecting 370 customers. Some outages began late Friday and estimated times for restoration were not available. Edison reported outages […]
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